Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-03-04

Orrln L: Bacon ON complaints charging
them with defrauding the United States
/ government. Deputy Marshall Failey
immediately returned to Burlington with
MS three prisoners.
MorrisviIie.
Inc spring term of the village schools
opens ON tuesday ......H. r.. Brewster,
Messrs. Utton Bros. popular driver, is
| expecting to 90 to south America at an
early date, accompanying Il gentleman
/ VINO takes nigh blOOded horses and sheep
into that country y.....The old engine
which has been used by the village fire de
! partment is to he kept in use and a com
| pany made up of younger men. When the
reorganization is made and the depart
ment flted mp as is now expected, the vii
/ lage VIII have as an efficient fire depart
ment as any town of its size in the State.
......Iwo MOrrisvllle boys are very sue
cessiully working their way up IN the
Jordan, Marsh X Cos. institution in Bos-
ton. They are Herman w. Holbrook and
| Warren Il. Woodwork, both formerly
students at the academy and later of Nor
wien University THE reading club
! spent Monday evening with Miss f.. Reed.
Miss Reed also gavea donkey party" "...
| The ladies of the Cniversalist society had
Il MASQUERADE carnival at town nall Thurs
day evening g..... The ladies circle of
the Congregational church will spent
! Friday afternoon and evening with Mrs.
George J. Slayton ....The annual
Lamoille County Temperance convention
was held at Good Templars hall in this
/ place the 22d inst. A good number of
delegates from the several towns through
out the county were present. Judge y.
| VI. Kelley OF ElmOre was chosen president.
Interesting and appropriate remarks We're
made by several OF the delegates present
and committee on resolutions
! chosen and their report listened to later
in the convention II. 5. Atkins Esq,
of Stowe Is the nominee for county com
| missioner and the selection is uudoubt-
| edly good one. ...... Amherst Palmer of
the junior class at the academy, who took
| part ia the closing exhibition the 18th
| inst, dled at his home the 22d inst
Chemical Engine company No. was or
| ganlzed and made up at the start of 81
young men on Monday evening. The fol
| lowing officers of the company were elect
ed: Foreman, T. c. Cheney: assistant, f.
ID. Rodgers first hoseman, j. w. Graf ;
second, f. w. Ctton; clerk, f. W. George
......Tne annual report of the affairs of
the town are now ont. The auditors esti-
mate that % cents on a dollar OF the grand
list will meet all taxes and pay the inter
est on the remaining bonded debt, $50, 600.
y considerable addition to that tax will
probably be voted, and so Knock off $4,000
or $4,000 of the bonded debt.
Bristol
Business was dull, Saturday, owing tc
the storm. Butter sold at 20 to % cents.
Eggs are plenty at - cents. ..... Accord
ing to the auditors report the total in
debtedness of the town is Sll ,905. A. OF
this amount Sll,419.45 is for the United
, States surplus fund and the town house
loan. Aside from this the town has q
balance n the treasury of S9O6. II over liza
bilities The net profits of the town Ii
quor agency the past year was Sl60.4 a, anC
he nnf of ID,lln h1ll
was S23l 66. The last two items show very
, clearly that, as money making scheme
the hall knocks out the liquor Agency.
Horace Robbins, an employee in Drake
, Smiths mill, is very unfortunate
man. NOt long since, while lAnning 2
circular saw, he cut some OF the fingers OF
his left hand. \ little later ne cut two
fingers of his right hand Thursday he
| had 4 silver run into one of the fingers OF
his left hand over an inch .... March
and April l will be moving days for thost
who have purchased houses during the
, past winter. ..... During 1856, : r. Cain
OF this place shipped over 100000 kea
} staves. He expects to ship at least H.
! 900 the present year. The last quar-
! terly meeting of the conference year took
place Sunday at the Methodist church
Presiding Elder Bennett preached an in
= ll9th Psalm, sd verse. The attendance
was large ...... Drake & Smith shipped
t over 100000 mailing boxes, last wear tc
New York firm. They talso made some
$4,000 sections of bee keepers supplies
) .....The family monument to be crecte,
in the village cemetery by +. b. Eddy OF
| Hun, =. q will weghlO tons, ana will
= cost SEQ. .....H Hon. Henry Ballard of Bur
; lingtOn is to lecture here soon under the
auspices of ComstOch Post. Oliver
Frank, a well known citizen of This Wit
lage, mad a shock of paralysis, Tuesday
} evening That Drunken Son" wa.
Rev. y. w Gregory's topic, Sunday eve
ming, at the Methodist church. The ser
mon was strong plea for the enforce
ment of the existing prohiOitOry laws o
/ State.
Cambridge.
t Cornelius Sullivan has gone to New
Mexico to rejoin his two brothers who ar,
: settled there. ..... Otis Sherman has rent
ed his farm to Mr. Smith of Underhil
. and has rented the Widow Story farm
..... The BOro school taught by NisSe.
t Fitch and Bugbee has closed for sprn.
: vacation. ......T The winter term of schOO
r at Jetfersonville. taught by the Misse
? COWles closed last week Il select schoo
, opened this week with Miss Carrie Car
e roll rs teacher. r....., GOrden ID. Lease whC
t had his hand injured, last week, by a saw
r in the oar factory, is improving ..... Mrs
+ Frank Wesson had cancer removed re
has rented her farm to Ephraim Brown
...... VIII Patch has emgrated to Fair
bury, Nebraska. Misses Matte VII
r cox and Ella Holmes have gone to Morris
e willie to attend school. .AlouZO {. Girls
. void, the station agent at the junction
e will occupy the tenement in the news
;, depot with his family. The Ladies
Mite society of Jetlersonville met las
week with Mrs Jared Wilcox .... Georg
!, f.. Melvin of Jetfersonville, has a nin
/ months old colt, which weighs 5s5 pound
+ and stands l3l3 hands high. Mr.. Han
o ry Montague of North Cambridge ha'
y gone on visit to his children in Ney
a York city. Rev. Mr. Bushnell preach
Il ed at Elmore, last Sunday f, H